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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/localism-act-2011/schedule-21/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2011/20",
  "legislation_title": "Localism Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/localism-act-2011",
  "path": "schedule/21/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The validity of any proceeding of an MDC is not affected by—\n(a) its having fewer than six members,\n(b) there being no person appointed to chair it,\n(c) its members not including at least one elected member of each relevant London council or each relevant council, or\n(d) any defect in the appointment of any of its members or of the person appointed to chair it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 21 para. 9(c) inserted (29.4.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(1)(3), Sch. 20 para. 17 (with s. 102)"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:15.217969+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}